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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Arkansas (District 02)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Ed Bethune
(R)
Doug Brandon
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 65,28551.2% 62,14048.8% 00.0% 3,145 127,425
Total R vote: 65,285 (51.2%)      Total D vote: 62,140 (48.8%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $255,098 $329,590
Total Receipts: $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/AR/02/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Ed Bethune
Total Disbursements: $255,098

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/AR/02/1978

Doug Brandon
Total Disbursements: $329,590

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Doug Brandon 48,684 35.2%
2   Cecil Alexander 33,082 23.9%
3   Stanley Russ 29,976 21.6%
4   Dale Cowling 26,719 19.3%
TOTAL VOTES 138,461